Kenya’s Moses Mosop sets 25K world record

Kenya's Moses Mosop broke the 25,000-meter world record at Hayward Field on Friday night with a time of 1 hour, 12 minutes, 25.2 seconds. The old mark of 1:13:55.8 was set by Japan's Toshihiko Seko of Japan in 1981.

This is an en route world record because Mosop is running 30,000 meters.

Mosop is being cheered on by an enthusiastic crowd of nearly 2,000 spectators during the "Distance Night in Eugene" portion of the 37th annual Prefontaine Classic.

Curtis Anderson covered UO track and field for The Register-Guard from 1990-96, and again since 2005. He covered the 2012 Olympic Games in London, in addition to the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in New Orleans (1992), Atlanta (1996) and Hayward Field (2008 and 2012). He is the winner of the Jesse Abramson Award, presented by the Track & Field Writers of America for excellence in coverage in 2008.